Detonator FX coming really really soon

Dom · Apr 27, 2003, 08:51 PM

WE HEARD WHILE we were on our holiday in Cannes, at our own and the INQ's expense, may we add, that Nvidia is planning to introduce a new driver that will increase performance in certain applications since obviously there is always room for that sort of thing.

This is not news to us, since we saw many times before that Nvidia releases hidden performance from the driver, but in the case of the 5200 and 5600, this will have to do with new chip silicon recently introduced.

The new driver is to be called Detonator FX and it will result in five to 50 percent of "ballistic" performance increases depending on the application while the realistic rather than the ballistic indicates the number will be between 20 to 30 per cent.

If you haven't noticed the latest driver available for download from Nvidia.com, the 43.45 is not WHQL – Windows Hardware Quality labs approved. Microsoft does not allow tweaks that can give you additional performance which is one of the primary reasons for WHQL

As far as we are aware, this will affect the FX generation of cards, while at press time we are unsure what benefits GeForce 4 or older cards will gain, if any.

We wonder if this one will be WHQL certified, since there is serious discussion that FX generation is never going to get one more revision, and we've heard this more than once.

We hope that Nvidia will prove us wrong.

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article from The Inquirer

Perpetualis · Apr 27, 2003, 10:47 PM

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Microsoft does not allow tweaks that can give you additional performance which is one of the primary reasons for WHQL

Microsoft does not allow tweaks that can give you additional performance. I'm sorry that doesn't make any sense at all.

Do they even know what WHQL guidlines are?

bleah....

MSX · Apr 28, 2003, 06:17 AM

Really really really? Well, hopefully it wont suck.

Yeah man WHQL is to ensure the driver doesent make windows have a major issue while running on the OS. Which means some of the tweaks are... less than stable. Go nvidia.

Perpetualis · Apr 28, 2003, 07:09 AM

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Originally posted by MSX
Really really really? Well, hopefully it wont suck.

Yeah man WHQL is to ensure the driver doesent make windows have a major issue while running on the OS. Which means some of the tweaks are... less than stable. Go nvidia.

Oh really?

nForcer · Apr 28, 2003, 08:24 AM

Yeah....really!

Perpetualis · Apr 28, 2003, 09:01 AM

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Originally posted by nForcer
Yeah....really!

So if a driver released by NVIDIA is not WHQL certified, that means they are "cheating" to gain performance?

ToshiroOC · Apr 28, 2003, 11:17 AM

Since nVidia FX cards has been producing results in dx9 tests that deviate significantly from the ideal image given by the software renderer with non-WHQL cert drivers, I don't think they deserve the benefit of the doubt in this case.

Perpetualis · Apr 28, 2003, 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by ToshiroOC
Since nVidia FX cards has been producing results in dx9 tests that deviate significantly from the ideal image given by the software renderer with non-WHQL cert drivers, I don't think they deserve the benefit of the doubt in this case.

That is the kind of answer I was looking for, thanks.

ToshiroOC · Apr 28, 2003, 12:03 PM

No problem

Apr 27, 2003, 08:51 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Detonator FX coming really really soon WE HEARD WHILE we were on our holiday in Cannes, at our own and the INQ's expense, may we add, that Nvidia is planning to introduce a new driver that will increase performance in certain applications since obviously there is always room for that sort of thing. This is not news to us, since we saw many times before that Nvidia releases hidden performance from the driver, but in the case of the 5200 and 5600, this will have to do with new chip silicon recently introduced. The new driver is to be called Detonator FX and it will result in five to 50 percent of "ballistic" performance increases depending on the application while the realistic rather than the ballistic indicates the number will be between 20 to 30 per cent. If you haven't noticed the latest driver available for download from Nvidia.com, the 43.45 is not WHQL – Windows Hardware Quality labs approved. Microsoft does not allow tweaks that can give you additional performance which is one of the primary reasons for WHQL As far as we are aware, this will affect the FX generation of cards, while at press time we are unsure what benefits GeForce 4 or older cards will gain, if any. We wonder if this one will be WHQL certified, since there is serious discussion that FX generation is never going to get one more revision, and we've heard this more than once. We hope that Nvidia will prove us wrong. ------------------------------- article from The Inquirer

Apr 28, 2003, 11:17 AM	#7
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Since nVidia FX cards has been producing results in dx9 tests that deviate significantly from the ideal image given by the software renderer with non-WHQL cert drivers, I don't think they deserve the benefit of the doubt in this case. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Apr 28, 2003, 12:03 PM	#9
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	No problem __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Apr 28, 2003, 06:17 AM	#3
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Really really really? Well, hopefully it wont suck. Yeah man WHQL is to ensure the driver doesent make windows have a major issue while running on the OS. Which means some of the tweaks are... less than stable. Go nvidia.

Apr 28, 2003, 08:24 AM	#5
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Yeah....really!